OUT-PATIENT CLINIC PROBLEMS OF TODAY

Abstract

The character of dispensary work in many cities has changed radically since the inauguration of the Federal program of medical relief. It was provided in that program that medical care in the home and in the physician's office could be paid for from relief funds, but that existing medical institutions such as dispensaries were not to share in these funds but were to continue as a charge upon the private philanthropy or the local tax funds of the community. The effect of these rulings varied in different parts of the country. In some cities the major part of the medical